Samsung 'planning 10.5-inch AMOLED tablet'

The next addition to Samsung's Galaxy Tab range could have a 10.5-inch AMOLED
display

Samsung is reportedly planning to introduce a new 10.5-inch tablet with an AMOLED display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month.

According to a shipping manifest leaked to the Korean media, the tablet, known internally as SM-T331, will come with an import price of $550 (£345), putting it in the high-end category. Theories suggest it could be a larger variant of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.

This would not be Samsung's first tablet to feature an AMOLED display. The Galaxy Tab 7.7, introduced in late 2011, offered the screen technology. Other reports have also hinted that Samsung is planning to launch two AMOLED tablets in early 2014 – an 8-inch and a 10-inch model.

AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) displays provide higher refresh rates than their passive-matrix OLED counterparts, improving response time often to under a millisecond. They also consume significantly less power.

Samsung also uses 'Super AMOLED' technology in many of its products, meaning it reflects 5 times less sunlight compared to the first generation AMOLED displays.

Also at CES, Samsung is expected to show off its new curved smartphones, as well as potentially the Galaxy S5, which is rumoured to come with 64-bit architecture and could come in two versions – one metal and one plastic.